UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed spoke by phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to a single report. The content of the call was not disclosed. A series of similar phone calls between Iranian officials and regional counterparts has been reported in recent weeks.
A new phone call between senior Emirati and Iranian diplomats took place on Friday, according to the source report. UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. No details about the conversation's content were disclosed.
This call adds to a series of diplomatic contacts involving Araghchi and regional counterparts reported in recent weeks: with Qatari and French officials on June 8, with his Turkish and Saudi counterparts on June 10, with the French foreign minister on June 12, with the Lebanese president on June 15, and with the Russian foreign minister on June 17. Most of those calls concerned the emerging US-Iran memorandum of understanding, which was later announced. A call between Iranian President Pezeshkian and the Qatari emir was reported on June 18, and Turkish President Erdogan called Pezeshkian to congratulate him on the MOU on June 22.
The timing and context of this latest call remain unclear. The UAE, a key Gulf state that normalized ties with Israel under the Abraham Accords, has maintained lines of communication with Tehran even amid heightened regional tensions. The single-source report could not be independently confirmed.
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